Offical National Championship Game

by **smupony94** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:14 pm

Stallion wrote:Cue June Jones needs a fast break Offense

Kp would really have to hustle to the sideline

by **b_caesar** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:17 pm

Reading for your halftime pleasure...

http://deadspin.com/5729665/the-rest-of ... for-auburn

There's a nasty characteristic, endemic to but not solely the province of the SEC, in which fans of rival schools put that all aside to pull for their conference in big games. This is unacceptable.

We hate to pick on the SEC; but then, no we don't. The same fans of schools across the South who threw their allegiance behind the Crimson Tide last year will now be pulling, in large part, for the Tigers to win the national championship tonight.

It's that famed SEC Pride at work (Here's SECPride.com, for all your SEC Pride needs). The irrational need for your conference to be recognized as the best in the nation, the evidence being bowl wins. Even if it means cheering on a hated rival. From the Birmingham News:

"You should cheer for the SEC and the state's team."
"It makes the SEC look stronger than everybody else."
"You should be rooting for the SEC no matter who is there, because with the Big Ten getting a championship game and the Pac-10 getting a championship game, the national media would just love to say the SEC's not the best."

There it is, that irrational persecution complex that everyone is out to get the conference. No, everyone takes shots at the conference because they tend to do things like this: claiming their rivalries are the most venomous and spirited, and then turning around and rooting for their foils, all in the name of preserving the nebulous myth of "SEC Speed."

No one else does this. Red Sox fans don't pull for the Yankees in the World Series. Whichever team loses Steelers/Ravens on Saturday won't be cheering on the winner to represent the AFC North. That's because the first rule of sports fandom is if you can't root for your team, the next best thing is to root against your enemies.

Do college football fans not get this? Not that we presume Bill Plaschke speaks for anyone, but he's not the only person on the West Coast hoping that an Oregon win would mean respect for the Pac-10. It doesn't work that way. If Auburn wins tonight, it doesn't make the SEC better than the Pac-10, or any other conference. Same for Oregon. All it means is the winning team was better than the losing team, and every other team in the country (not including TCU).

All Bama and Oregon State fans rooting for their rivals tonight should be publicly shamed and forced to wear their rivals' gear to next year's Iron Bowl and Civil War.

by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:18 pm

Hello Mr Fairley

by **smupony94** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:18 pm

by **b_caesar** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:20 pm

Wow. Would have thought the score would be higher by now...

by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:21 pm

Every SEC team benefits in recruiting from the aura of SEC superiority

by **smupony94** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:21 pm

I predicted a low scoring game

by **Dutch** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:23 pm

smupony94 wrote:We need new colors

Red & Neon Green?

by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:24 pm

both teams playing fast break-Its so refreashing

by **Dutch** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:24 pm

smupony94 wrote:I predicted a low scoring game

Prediction: Oregon vs. Auburn
by smupony94 Â» Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:17 pm

Blvd_Stang wrote:
This game will be more defensive than people think. Both teams offenses will get off to slow starts in the first half. Final score: 27-24 Auburn.

BET THE UNDER

Calling my bookie

looks like someone told you to "predict" it.

by **smupony94** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:25 pm

Dutch wrote:
smupony94 wrote:I predicted a low scoring game

Prediction: Oregon vs. Auburn
by smupony94 Â» Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:17 pm

Blvd_Stang wrote:
This game will be more defensive than people think. Both teams offenses will get off to slow starts in the first half. Final score: 27-24 Auburn.

BET THE UNDER

Calling my bookie

looks like someone told you to "predict" it.

Originally my idea

by **Pony_Fan** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:25 pm

smupony94 wrote:
smupony94 wrote:I can't wait to see their bands

Nevermindvi want to see more of the cheerleaders

http://cheer.uoregon.edu/squad/index.html

by **ponyte** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:26 pm

Not very impressed with Newton's footwork when passing so far. Lack of discipline is catching up to him now.

by **Stallion** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:29 pm

both schools ignited their offense by pushing tempo

by **b_caesar** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:30 pm

challenge